Process of waving natural hair on the head.



G. NESSLER.

PROCESS OF WAVING NATURAL HAIR ON THE HEAD.

APPLICATION YILED DEC.31,1909.

1,052,167, Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

Original application tiled August 6, 190B, aerial No. 551L562. Divided and this appllcaflpn filed December 31, 1909. Serial No. ($5,824.

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Be it known that I, Cna'aLas Nag-isms, a i subject of the King of GreatBritain and; Ireland, trading as NESTLIE"& 'C0., of 245 Oxford Street Circus, London, W., England, have invented anew or Improved Process of Waving Natural Hair on the Head, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a 'new or improved rocess of wavin natural hair on the head by means of which certain advantages hereinafter mentioned are obtained.

A known process for wavin hair consists in tying a curler of .the or inary kind (for exam le a thin metal tube which may be'about 't tee and a half inches long) to a portionof the hair aboutas thick as the curler, coiling the hair around the curler, appl ing suitable lotion, then covering with a tu gof compressed paper, asbestos or other suitable material) closed atone end and applying a heating iron outside the tu In myimproved process I coil the hair around the curler as in the practice above referred to but I do not apply the lotion directly to the hair. I wrap a strip of flannel or other similar absorbing material moistened with water helically over the hair on the curler so as to completely cover the said hair. I then pour a suitable lotion into the tube and allow it to collect in the closed end thereof and I then place the tube over the hair on the curler so as to cover the iron. I find that by thus 00 ing the lotion from direct contact with the air and only allowing the gases or vapors liberated by the heat to act on the hair through the moistened flannel, great advantages are obtained. The waves so produced are practically permanent and appear quite natural. Whereas hair, waved by ordinary processes is rendered straight again by moisture in the atmosphere or b washing, hair waved by my process thoug it may possibly become straight if allowed to get dirty or easy will resume its waved condition on being washed. After the tube has been placed over the hair, the open end may, if desired, be closed down on the hair by tying with string or otherwise so as to prevent too ready esca e of the vapors.

It will be unders that I may use any convenient known form of heater, electric he te a pe or othenbut I 1prefer to employ an electric 83 A l t e sp cific n w company ng (my application filed on 6th August, 1909, Seria 'Number 511,562.

In the accom anying drawings I have illustrated my improved apparatus by means of which my process may be carried out.

In the said drawings:Figure 1 isan elevation showing the apparatus in use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the heater, shown as enlarged. Fig. 3 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2 of the heater, and shows the latter as containing the curler withthe hair thereon, the absorbing material wound about the hair and such parts laced within the tube.

In t is apparatus 13 indicates an ordinary curler, .shown in dotted lines, and 14 is a portion of hair about as thick as the curler and tied thereto by a ligature 17. The hair is twined around the curler and its end is tied down thereto by another ligature 16. A stri of flannel or other similar absorbing material 15, moistened with water is. wrapped helically over the hair on the curler so as to completely cover the hair. A tube 18 (of compressed paper, asbestos or other suitable material) closed at one end 20, (for example by tying as shown) and in which is aquantity of suitable lotion, is placed over the hair thus prepared on the curler and the open end 22, of the tube is tied down onto-the hair. The parts are then inserted in the heaterl, as shown in "Fig. 3. The steam and gases pass out of the open end of the tube 18, which incloses the hair, and thence pass between the outer surface of the tube and the iimer surface of the heater until they reach the orifice 12. In some cases the steam and gases may pass through the material of the tube or through the tied up and 20, thereof.

- Havin thus described my invention what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The herein described process of waving hair, which consists in coiling the hair. then covering it with absorbent material suitably moistened,-then applying a suitable liquid or lotion andheat and causing the gases or vapors liberated by the heat from said liquid or lotion to act on the hair through the absorbent material, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein described process of waving hair, which consists in coiling the hair, then covering it with absorbent material, then applyingasuit-able liquid or lotion and heat and causing thegases or vapors liberated by the heat from said liquid or,lotion to act on the hair through the absorbent material, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The herein described process of waving hair which consists in coiling the hair, then covering it with absorbent material suitably moistened and inclosin the same in a closed vessel or tube containing a lofor the purpose described.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHAR-LES NESSLER.

Witnesses Acu E8 Gunmen, MENA MARQUIS. 

